How to run nmap scan tool test with Ansible inventory?
Hi,today I've found a bug in one of our public servers. A mongodb port was open and with no auth enabled. So was open,free,...nightmare.So I was hoping how could I make a test to every single machine...
View ArticleHow to synchronize a bunch of files in ~/ across multiple hosts?
I have a bunch of files I've customised in my homedirectory, like .bashrc, .vimrc etc. I'd like to synchronize these across all the hosts I use.Normally I'd use a git repository for something like this...
View ArticleWeb/DB server for remote office, little to no budget, what would you do?
I work for a small county government, and have to switch between developer, DBA, and linux admin routinely.Typically I deploy applications on our main VMware server, but my newest one needs to be...
View ArticleHow to keep yum from filling up /var/cache/yum (RHEL)?
We use Satellite to create monthly software channels. Servers are then subscribed to those channels to gain access to that month's errata. The problem is that Yum caches the metadata from that channel...
View ArticleNeed a little help
I have recently taken on 35 servers, with no documentation what so ever, all i have is log in credentials. I need to know what they are doing, i know some run multiple websites and others DB's, also a...
View ArticleRejecting TCP packets that don't match an existing stream
A client of ours (call them "HostCo") is struggling with spammers who set up a VPS box in the HostCo network and then send spam by pushing the outbound TCP packets from a different network. Returning...
View ArticleRSYNC Incremental Backup not working properly
Hey :)I want to make an Incremental Backup on Server2, which compares the destination Folder of Server1 with the Folder of the fullbackup on Server2. All Files that are NOT in the Fullbackup, but in...
View ArticleTools for administering Windows domain and servers from Linux?
For work, I administer both Linux and Windows servers all running in a Windows Server 2012 AD environment. Currently, to manage everything, I'm using a Windows 7 VM running in VirtualBox. While I don't...
View ArticleAnybody got some custom lighttpd OSSEC rules/decoders they can share?
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View ArticleSecurity Guide: How to Protect Your Infrastructure Against the Basic Attacker
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View ArticleWhere'd the OOM logs go in CentOS7 (systemd)?
This seems like a question that should be easy but has me completely stumped.I have a CentOS7 server that I know for a fact is OOMing (it's a container, and you can see from the node that it's OOMing...
View ArticleSave way to get SHA password hash on command line?
I know the echo hunter123 | sha256sum but I don't want to enter cleartext passwords on the command line. Is there any way to implement it so I get a password prompt and then get the hash out of it?...
View ArticleTail multiple log files in single terminal
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View ArticlePSQLv11 Client Drivers - Can't open lib '$lib' : file not found
I am trying to configure a Debian 8.2 client to run a php ODBC query to pull data from a Win 2012r2 server running Pervasive v11 database. I think that I am having problems with the Pervasive v11...
View ArticleInstalling VM-Tools on Centos 6 and 7 servers
Hello.All Centos installs are bare minimim installs. In addition, a lot of these servers use custom made kernels.I tried to follow instructions on how to install VMware tools from ESXi but there are...
View ArticleWorking implementation of rsyslog failover?
UPDATE: I fixed this immediately after posting this. I'll leave it here in case someone else has the same issue. Once I removed $ActionResumeRetryCount -1 it started working as intended.I'm trying to...
View ArticleTo align or not align SAN disks?
I have seen many people obsessed with aligning SAN disks to 2Mb or if it was 2 Mib (at least on EMC san) on physical linux machines , but I have never seen any evidence that this actually makes any...
View ArticleCloud DNS with bind files
Hi,Are there any DNS providers that simply serve bind zone files? I want to diversify my DNS provider stock, but I do not want to have to write the tons of boilerplate needed to interact with several...
View Article[Help] Building an app with Ant in terminal, doesn't like my dollar signs
I am typing an ant command and passing in an encrypted password as a parameter, but it keeps being read wrongExample:ant -Dpassword=pa$$word Its being read as pa4013wordIf I try to escape it with...
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